Who won War-Jaintia in the 1998 Assembly election?

RIANG LENON TARIANG of the United Democratic Party (UDP) won War-Jaintia in the 1998 Assembly election with 6,608 votes (38.9% vote share), a margin of 710 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

1. War-Jaintia

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

ML-WAR-JAINTIA

UDP 38.9%won by 4.2%INC 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to United Democratic Party (UDP), which now leads by 4.2%.

UDP vote shareUDP went from 0.0% to 38.9% of the vote here (+38.9%).
Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

16,992

Margin

710

4.18%

Candidates

5 contested · winner UDP

1RIANG LENON TARIANG United Democratic Party · UDP6,60838.9%
2JOHNDENG POHRMEN Indian National Congress · INC5,89834.7%
3CAMILLUS ALBERT LAMIN HPDP · HPDP4,27625.2%
4JUNIOR LAMIN PHUP Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1610.9%
5EBARSON LYNGDOH BHEM Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD490.3%

Since 1993

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: UDPflipped
UDP–INC swing: +43.3%
UDP share: 0.0% → 38.9%
INC share: 39.1% → 34.7%
Turnout: — → —

2. Rymbai

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